IPR Working Group IETF 2^6 Vancouver

Agenda 5 Agenda-bashing 5 IPR Trust – Lucy Lynch Rights granted to the IETF 10 History and draft-ietf-ipr-rules-update Scott Bradner Rights granted by the IETF 5 Field of use – David Black 10 draft-josefsson-ipr-rules-update Simon Josefsson 30 Open mike

5 Agenda-bashing

5 IPR Trust – Lucy Lynch

Rights granted to the IETF

10 History and draft-ietf-ipr-rules-update Scott Bradner

Rights granted by the IETF

5 Field of use – David Black

10 draft-josefsson-ipr-rules-update Simon Josefsson

30 Open mike

Principles of what the IETF wants The IETF mission is to make the Internet work better Implementations help the Internet work better Information dissemination helps the Internet work better False representations cause confusion, and confusion harms the Internet

The IETF mission is to make the Internet work better

Implementations help the Internet work better

Information dissemination helps the Internet work better

False representations cause confusion, and confusion harms the Internet

Questions to answer What are our principles for IETF document protection? What methods do we use to achieve them? What rights should authors grant the IETF? What rights should IETF grant the community?

What are our principles for IETF document protection?

What methods do we use to achieve them?

What rights should authors grant the IETF?

What rights should IETF grant the community?

Legally impossible IETF asserting rights that authors have not granted to the IETF* IETF attempting to restrict authors’ rights that they have not given away IETF retracting rights granted to the public ”in perpetuity” * Note that the legal existence of ”the IETF” is a complex question

IETF asserting rights that authors have not granted to the IETF*

IETF attempting to restrict authors’ rights that they have not given away

IETF retracting rights granted to the public ”in perpetuity”

Obviously right Open distribution of drafts and RFCs, unmodified Ability to use IETF drafts and RFCs in IETF work Ability to implement IETF protocols for anyone (at least from the IETF’s copyright angle)‏

Open distribution of drafts and RFCs, unmodified

Ability to use IETF drafts and RFCs in IETF work

Ability to implement IETF protocols for anyone (at least from the IETF’s copyright angle)‏

Obviously wrong RFCs that are modified, but claim to be the originals Implementations that are noninteroperable, but use modified documentation to claim that they are OK General principle: Don’t lie!

RFCs that are modified, but claim to be the originals

Implementations that are noninteroperable, but use modified documentation to claim that they are OK

General principle: Don’t lie!

What can we do with copyright?